The art direction on that picture is terrible. Why is the white kid fading away and also holding a half-transparent piece of metal? If they're trying to make it look like two different scenes they could have done it about a billion different ways that didn't involve overlapping two characters and making one of them see through.

Who wants fantasize about being a rad Space Marine if you can instead identify as the plucky Space Kid, armed with his trusty Bolter Sling?

(Also does anyone remember that silly D&D cartoon from the 80s? This is the grittier version of that. I'm amazed this is an actual book series instead of a joke video made by Harry Partridge or something.)